Metallic railroad-tie and rail-fastening



(No Mode'l.)

E.L.TAYL0R. METALLIC RAILROAD TIE AND RAIL FASTENING. No. 461,775.Patented 001,. 2o, 1891.

@iz/eases la IG 111 M @auch J0 ANrrn STATES ENOCH L. TAYLOR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC RAILROAD-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,775, dated October20, 1891. Application filed February 16, 1891. Serial No. 381,543. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ENOOH L. TAYLOR, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain-new anduseful Improvements in Metallic Railroad-Ties and Rail- Fastenings, ofwhich the following is a specification, due reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention and form parthereof.

My invention relates to metallic railwayties, particularly f thechannel-tie pattern, and to the t'astenings for securing the railsthereto, and has for its object cheapness and simplicity ofconstruction, more secure and durable fastenings of the rails, readymeans of setting and retaining rails of varying size at gage on the tiesand of removing old and worn rails for their replacing by new rails,and, further, of efficient means for anchoring the tie against lateraldisplacement.

To the end sought my invention consists of the several novel features ofconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed, and pointed e out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a tie, rail,and rail-fastening constructed and combined in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a road-bed embodying myinvention and showing means for anchoring the tie. Fig. 3 is a magnifiedView in section of the central portion of the tie represented in Fig. 2,showing the anchoring device for the tie and its binding-contacts. Fig.4 is a modified form of tie, rail, and rail-fastening in arrangement,and represents the rail-fastening reversed and employed in combinationwith a heavier or larger rail; and Fig. 5 is a modifled form ofconstruction of tie and rail-fastening, showing the tie bent to an Lshape, which engages the hook end of the fasteningstrap, the other endof which passes through an aperture in the tie and is provided with thewasher and nut.

Referring further to the drawings which illustrate my invention, inwhich the parts are indicated by numerals, similar numerals denotinglike parts, 1 is the tie, which is of shaped trough pattern, and 2sixty-pound rails thereon. A tongue 3 is cutin the body of the tie andso raised above the plane of the tie and bent, shaped, or formed as bestto adapt it to receive one-half of the lower flange 4 of the rail 2.This tongue is provided with a hole or aperture 5, extending through thesame at or near its line of juncture with the plane of the tie, and thetie is further provided Awith an aperture or opening 6, located aprescribed distance from the tongue 5, all for purposes presentlyexplained.

The fastening device 7 for securing the rail to the tie consists of aflat metal strap preferably bent or shaped to the form shownthat is tosay, hooked at one end 8, given an elongated U shape 9 vfor part of itslength, and at its other end 10 rounded and screwthreaded for receivingthe washer 1l and nut or nuts 12 for effecting' close contact or unionof the rail with the tie. This washer 11 is so constructed in form,preferably of flat metal, as to best adapt it to effect a bindingContact with the ange 4 of the rail and the surface of the tie.

The tie about midway of its length is cutto form meeting tongues 13,which are bent downward and provide binding-surfaces for and furnish anopening 14 in the body of the tie to permit the passing of an anchor 15,which is preferably a U-shaped staple of flat bar metal, that is driveninto the earth and serves to hold the tie against lateral displacement,as best shown in Fig. 3.

In securing an ordinary sixty-pound rail to the tie the hooked end 3 ofthe fastening or binding strap 7 is passed up under the tongue 3 of thetie and over the rear half of the lower iiange 4 of the rail 2, and itsother extremity 10 brought up through the aperture 6 in the tie, whereit receives its washer 1l, which rests upon the opposite portion of thefiange 4. of the rail and also on the surface of the tie, and then itsnut ornuts l2, which are turned until the parts are in close contact orunion, rigid and firm. The U -shaped portion 9 of the strap 7, as willbe understood, receives the solid or intervening portion 1U of the tie,extending between the tongue 3 and aperture G, the location and extentof the porthe ordinary channel-bar or inverted-U- tion 9 of the strapbeing such as when used ICO sion thereof nearest its hooked end S will`bind against the left-hand edge of the portion 16 of the tie and leave aspace beyond its opposite or right-hand edge, as clearly shown in Fig.1, and by such a construction permits the reversal of the strap forengagement and use with rails of size and weight in excess Ot theordinary rail, as instancedin Fig. 4, which represents a ninety-poundrail. In such use the end lO of the strap 7 passes through the hole 5 inthe tongue 3, and then receives its Washer ll and nut l2, the tongue 3of the tie engaging the rear portion of the {iange '1t of the rail, andthe hooked end 8 of the strap 7 receives the opposite portion of therail-fiange 4. Combined ties and rail-fastenings constructed inaccordance with my invention therefore provide ready means of rigidlymounting rails of different sizes at gage, and the tie is securelyanchored against lateral displacement.

I do not wish to be understood as restricting my invention to the exactconstruction and arrangement of parts as shown and described, but mayvary the same in any manner to better carry out the principle of myinvention without departing from the true scope thereof.

I claiml. A metallic railroad-tie of the character described, having atongue formed integral therewith and elevated above the plane ot` thetie and an aperture adjacent to said tongue, in combination with abinding-strap or fastening device for securing a rail to the tie, hookedat one end to engagea portion of the base of the rail beneath the tongueand be re-enforced thereby, its other end screwthreaded and bent to anangle relatively to its main body portion, and its main body portionadapted t0 receive and hug the intervening portion of the tie betweenits tongue and said aperture beneath the rail and abut against the undersurface of the rail each side thereof, and means for said threaded endfor effecting union and rigidity of parts, the whole constructed,arranged, and combined as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. A metallic railroad-tie of the character herein described, having atongue formed integral therewith and adapted to receive a portion of thebase of a rail, an aperture in said tie adjacent to said tongue topermit the passing of a binding-strap, a reversible bindingestrap orfastening device of the construction shown and described for securing atgage rails of varying sizes and weight to the tie in the mannerdescribed, hooked at one end to engage a portion of the base of therail, its other end screw-threaded and bent to an angle relatively toits main body portion, and its main body portion adapted to receive andhug the intervening portion of the tie between its tongue and saidaperture beneath the rail and abut against the bottom of the rail eachside thereof, means for said threaded end for eiectiug union andrigidity of parts, and a hole in said tongue at or near its line Of juncture with the tie to receive the threaded end Ot' the binding-strapwhen the position of the latter is reversed for use with and to hold atgage rails of the larger sizes, the whole constructed, arranged, andcombined as described, and for the purposes set forth.

3. A metallic railroad-tie of the character herein described, having anaperture in its body portion, provided with downwardly-extending lugs orfiauges, in combination with a device for anchoring the tie againstlateral displacement, consisting of a U -shaped staple adapted to snuglyIit the aperture and bind against the said lugs or flanges and Of lengthsuiicient to be driven into the ground beneath the tie, as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 5th day ofDecember, A. D. 1890.

ENOCII L. TAYLOR.

In presence of JOHN J OLLEY, Jr., W. ALEX. ROBINSON.

